Eric Dempsey: Ireland Year List 2022 IRBC, All records Record(s) 1 to 224 of 224 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 3 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 18/03/2022 South Slob 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris Yes 07/02/2022 Kilkenny 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 20 Pochard Aythya ferina 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 23 Scaup Aythya marila 24 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Yes 22/01/2022 Lough Ennel 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 26 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 31/12/2022 Achill My 400th Irish species 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 32 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 31/12/2022 Mayo 33 Goosander Mergus merganser 34 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 35 Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 37 Swift Apus apus 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 39 Rock Dove Columba livia 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 46 Coot Fulica atra 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 48 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 52 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 53 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 54 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 55 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Yes 08/08/2022 Lady’s Island 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 59 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 03/05/2022 Tramore 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 64 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 65 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 66 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 67 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 75 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 29/07/2022 Kildare 76 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 77 Knot Calidris canutus 78 Ruff Calidris pugnax 79 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 80 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 15/09/2022 Tacumshin Lake 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 85 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 07/08/2022 Kilcoole 86 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 87 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 30/05/2022 Tacumshin 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 90 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 91 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 92 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 93 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 94 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 95 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 23/04/2022 Wexford 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 98 Common Gull Larus canus 99 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 105 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 106 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 107 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 108 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 109 Puffin Fratercula arctica 110 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 111 Razorbill Alca torda 112 Guillemot Uria aalge 113 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 114 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 115 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 116 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Yes 24/08/2022 Brandon Head 117 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 24/08/2022 Brandon Point 118 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 119 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 120 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 121 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 122 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 123 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 124 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 125 Gannet Morus bassanus 126 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 20/10/2022 Poolbeg 127 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 128 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Yes 04/01/2022 Tacumshin 130 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 131 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 132 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Yes 02/03/2022 Wexford 133 Great White Egret Ardea alba Yes 02/05/2022 Wexford 134 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 135 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 26/02/2022 Roscommon 136 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 137 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 138 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 139 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 21/02/2022 Boora bog 140 Red Kite Milvus milvus Yes 02/01/2022 Wicklow 141 Black Kite Milvus migrans Yes 18/05/2022 Wicklow 142 Buzzard Buteo buteo 143 Barn Owl Tyto alba 144 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 145 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 146 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yes 01/01/2022 Newcastle 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 148 Merlin Falco columbarius 149 Hobby Falco subbuteo 150 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 151 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 17/10/2022 Mizen Head 152 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 153 Jay Garrulus glandarius 154 Magpie Pica pica 155 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 156 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 157 Rook Corvus frugilegus 158 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 159 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 160 Raven Corvus corax 161 Coal Tit Periparus ater 162 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 163 Great Tit Parus major 164 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus Yes 04/01/2022 Tacumshin 165 Skylark Alauda arvensis 166 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 167 Swallow Hirundo rustica 168 House Martin Delichon urbicum 169 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Yes 27/03/2022 Cahore 170 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 171 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 172 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 173 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 174 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 175 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 176 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 177 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 178 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 179 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 180 Whitethroat Curruca communis 01/05/2022 Wexford 181 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 182 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 183 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 184 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 185 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 186 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 187 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 188 Redwing Turdus iliacus 189 Blackbird Turdus merula 190 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 191 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 192 Robin Erithacus rubecula 193 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 194 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yes 26/03/2022 Saltee islands Wexford 195 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 196 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 197 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 198 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 199 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 200 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 201 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 202 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 203 Dunnock Prunella modularis 204 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 205 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 206 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 207 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 208 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 209 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Yes 04/01/2022 Tacumshin 210 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 211 Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 212 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 213 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 214 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 215 Twite Linaria flavirostris 216 Linnet Linaria cannabina 217 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 218 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 219 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 220 Serin Serinus serinus Yes 01/05/2022 Wexford 221 Siskin Spinus spinus 222 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 223 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 224 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus